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16 December 2015

Citybus get a little bit flashier

They are a bit later than usual but Plymouth Citybus have now published details on their forthcoming service changes:
To meet the changing needs of passengers we have made some changes to both Plymouth Citybus and Go Cornwall Bus services that will take place from 10th January 2016.Plymouth Citybus changes are as below:

5/5A- Changes to Route and Timetable:

The Plymstock section of the route is to remain the same but the service is to continue onto St Budeaux via Devonport & HMS Drake. Monday - Saturday only.

20/20A- Changes to Timetable:

Re-timed to improve reliability on peak journeys.

21/21A- Changes to Timetable:

Timetable reverts back to every 10 minutes plus all services to serve Barne Barton.

32- Changes to Route and Timetable:

Pottery Quay (Torpoint Ferry) to City Centre via Stoke, Molesworth Road and Railway Station. Most 32 services connect with Torpoint services to maintain connection to railway Station and Stoke.

34/34A/34B- Changes to Timetable:

Re-timed to improve reliability in the peaks. 34B via Union Street morning peak & evenings. 34 also re-timed to give a better connection for passengers from Torpoint who wish to travel to Derriford.

42/42A/42B/42C- Changes to Route and Timetable:

All services to serve Marjons between Crownhill and Derriford, additional evening journey to serve Woolwell, additional morning services between City Centre and Derriford. Go Cornwall Bus changes are as below:

11/11A- Changes to Route (plus school diversion) and Timetable:

12- Changes to Route and Timetable:

Revised timetable to improve running time. Service to divert vis Stoke Climsland.
All above services will maintain a 10 minute frequency from Saltash Fore Street to Plymouth City Centre.

70/70A/70B/71- New Timetable, Route and Number:

Plymouth - Torpoint - Cremyll or Liskeard via Union Street and Devonport
All peak services to serve Great park. Most services will change to a 32 on arrival to City Centre to provide a link to the Railway Station, Molesworth Road and Stoke. The same will apply in the other direction.

72- Change to Timetable:

Revised Sunday timetable. Passengers who wish to travel between Plymouth and Looe on a Sunday please use service 11 to Liskeard and 73 to Looe.

73/74- Change to Timetable:

Revised timetables to maintain connections and improve reliability.

75 Re-numbered 11A

78/78A- Changes to Route and Timetable:

78 Callington - St Dominic

78A Callington - Downgate, no longer serves Stoke Climsland.

This is replaced by service 12.

79 Re-timed to improve rail connections

Probably the most interesting of these is the 5 5A. The announcement above curiously makes no mention of it but the new timetable gives a big hint…
The full timetable can be downloaded from the link above. Welcome to Green Flash!

11 comments:

From this I stand by what I said when Stagecoach took over and first didnt register Saltash then changed their minds!¬ This is the first step to a PCB withdrawal from Saltash., Other than Fore Street, the rest of Saltash has had big cuts to it;s frequency leaving Stagecoach with much better, frequent and cheaper service. Also with a lot of PCB services through Fore Street being long distance routes from different locations in practice I Suspect the every 10 min service will not be this and instead will see big gaps in between runs of buses, thus killing off their market share on the corridor. Game, set and match to Stagecoach. Give it 6 months or so then only the 11 and 12 PCB will serve Saltash effectively conceding this to Stagecoach just like Mountbatten , Ivybridge and Tavistock. Customers will not pay £61 a month for less service than £40 to the opposition.

In which case, why isn't PCB scrapping the 10 altogether and having done with it?

And even if the 10 goes, PCB still has up to four buses an hour on the 11/11a/12, which is hardly "conceding" and "withdrawal" in my book. If this were to happen higher fares might actually suit PCB, as it would deter some of the shorter journeys and leave the capacity for longer-distance travellers. Although I do note at the moment that both Stagecoach and PCB both offer their own £3 day and £11 weekly ticket between Plymouth and Saltash.

In which case, why isn't PCB scrapping the 10 altogether and having done with it?

And even if the 10 goes, PCB still has up to four buses an hour on the 11/11a/12, which is hardly "conceding" and "withdrawal" in my book. If this were to happen higher fares might actually suit PCB, as it would deter some of the shorter journeys and leave the capacity for longer-distance travellers. Although I do note at the moment that both Stagecoach and PCB both offer their own £3 day and £11 weekly ticket between Plymouth and Saltash.

I see this as rather a large scale cut back in Citybus services to Saltash. They say that they still run every 10 mins from Fore St to Plymouth with the 10/11/12 which of course they do, but the vast majority of customers live in the estates, i.e Burraton, St Stephens, Pilmere and catch buses from there down to Fore St or into town. Citybus will lose big time from this in Saltash I fear and have gifted the route to Stagecoach

"I think that it's the vehicle for the Truro college contract from Callington area, but is now parked up while the college is closed for Christmas."

I believe it is actually the Par contract and this is one of three Truro College vehicles now outstationed with other operators. This one is a PCB Liskeard, the Callington and Launceston ones are at Jacketts and Webbers of Bodmin.